“It’s been at least ten years since we held VBS,” said Mark Jones, Associate Pastor of Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago. That’s all going to change this July when the church takes their next step toward reengaging children and young families. When pastor Nick Kim came to Uptown in February 2021, he quickly realized something […]
Overcoming small town blues with the Good News
“We lost our grocery store. We lost our bank. The only consistent business in town is the bar,” the pastor says. Sitting on the banks of the Ohio River, near the southern tip of Illinois, Brookport has seen brighter days. Drive through town and you’ll see evidence of the struggles. Like many small towns in […]
Discipleship requires firm foundation
When pastor’s wife and homeschooling mom Alyssa Caudill found herself teaching women’s Bible studies, she quickly felt the weight of the task. “I did not want to teach people ‘Alyssa Theology.’ I wanted to teach them the Bible.” This awareness led her down a path of sharpening her skills as a Bible teacher and disciple […]
Iowa planters partner with Illinois church to reach ISU campus
24,000. That’s the number of students on three college campuses in Bloomington-Normal who need to be reached for Jesus. Jonah Christiansen estimates that many students are not attending a local church. Christiansen is part of a team from Ankeny, Iowa that is planting Salt Church near the campus of Illinois State University (ISU) this fall. […]
Johnny Hunt urges personal connections in evangelism
We must believe God can save people, if we are to witness to them, Johnny Hunt told evangelism leaders in Illinois Sunday night. “The reason we don’t witness is because we see people in actuality instead of possibility,” he said. Hunt led a worship rally at First Baptist Church of O’Fallon as part of a […]